Robert P. Patterson, former Secretary of War, yesterday accepted the national chairmanship of Brotherhood Week, sponsored annually by the National Conference of Christians and Jews. He said that American unity is indispensable to world peace and can be realized only by a rejection of intolerance, and an increasing prevalence of “the understanding and good will found in the bond of brotherhood.”
“Intolerance is bound to produce a divided people, a weak nation, “he said. “We may be sure that we will never achieve a lasting peace on such terms. The unity we had in the war years, when we saw the losses and sorrows of war being borne by Americans without distinction as to race or religion, when it was plain to all of us that our spiritual aims and purposes were far more powerful than our differences, is still available as the vital force for peace. The understanding and good will found in the bond of brotherhood will bring us to realize that unity. I know of nothing else that can.”
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